The Missouri Supreme Court ruled March 31 that a woman who alleged she was left infertile by a 2012 surgery cannot sue, despite having continued to receive care for several years at the same clinic. Sharon Newton underwent surgery at ...
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The Missouri Supreme Court ruled March 31 the state cannot enforce a blanket ban on picketing by public employees. But a larger case about the rights of public-sector unions is headed its way. In a unanimous opinion, the court said ...
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The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District on March 31 revived an asbestos suit against a boiler manufacturer, saying there was enough circumstantial evidence for the case to proceed to a jury. St. Louis Circuit Judge Michael F. Stelzer had ...
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An appeals panel upheld Scott A. Bailey’s conviction of second-degree involuntary manslaughter.
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Gov. Mike Parson has signed an executive order that temporarily suspends the requirement that a notary public must conduct the notarization of official documents while the signer appears in-person before them. The April 6 order allows for the use of ...
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A narrowly divided court ruled that a judge must hold a hearing before awarding temporary child custody.
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For Mid-Missouri Legal Services, grant funding from the $2.2 trillion federal relief package cannot come soon enough. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security, or CARES, Act, signed March 27 by President Donald J. Trump, includes a $50 million appropriation ...
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Gov. Mike Parson announced $180 million in withholdings from the state budget to address the COVID-19 crisis, including nearly $3.5 million from the judiciary. The expenditure restrictions include $474,559 from judicial education and training and $2,995,616 from treatment courts, the ...
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With social-distancing measures in place and anxiety about contracting COVID-19 on the rise, some Missouri attorneys are urging government officials to permit the remote notarization of legal documents. Kansas City attorney Aimee Gromowsky took to Twitter March 20 to lobby ...
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Many of Missouri’s small law firms are spending this week helping businesses apply for a share of the new federal stimulus funding while trying to take advantage of the same programs for their own needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Solo ...
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If it wasn’t for Derrick Thomas, there’s a good chance Kansas City attorney Kevin Regan never would have picked up the bagpipes. When the Kansas City Chiefs linebacker died following a car crash in 2000, Regan — a close friend of ...
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